Vertical Limit Page #4

Speed up all of them is the same.

We're as high as I can take you!

Move it! I can't hold it for long!

Next!

I'm having trouble

maintaining altitude.

Get out of here! We're gonna burn!

Go! Move it! Move it!

Grab my hand, damn it! Grab it!

Come on! Come on!

He needs dex. Now.

No.

We stick to the schedule.

In nine hours, the water runs out.

We need it. Our lives depend on it.

He'll die if he doesn't get it.

He will anyway.

Come on, Annie.

We both know Tom isn't going anywhere.

You've done your best. You have.

We can't waste resources

on a lost cause.

Saving somebody's life

is not a lost cause.

It is, if you know

they can't be saved.

Why should three people die

if two can live?

Okay. If that's what you think,

why don't you go tell him yourself?

Tom, can you hear me?

- Don't listen to...

- He has a right to know!

You're a climber, Tom. A pro.

You know the reality.

Even if they get to us...

...they can't carry you down.

Not from this altitude.

Now, Annie wants to give you the dex.

I understand that, I do.

But you and I know it's just

delaying what's inevitable.

Just lie here and die, Elliot?

Is that what you're telling me?

I'm not telling you anything.

I'm asking you to respect life...

...not to waste it.

- lf I was in your position...

- You're not in my position!

That's right, I'm not.

Understand something. You're not just

killing me. You're killing her too.

We're on a bit of a deadline, mate.

Can we just leave this till later?

He's all right, isn't he,

this Allah bloke?

He won't strike you dead

if you miss one prayer, will he?

All right. One prayer.

Under the circumstances.

What harm can it do?

Do Muslims believe in Hell?

Do you?

So if that thing there blows...

...and I don't believe in Allah,

I'm going to Hell?

Is that what you reckon?

You're all the bloody same,

aren't you?

Born-agains say I don't believe

in Jesus, so I'll go to hell.

Jews say I do believe in Jesus,

I'll go to Hell.

Catholics say I don't believe

in the pope, I'll go to Hell.

So any way you look at it,

I'm in the sh*t.

Well, go on, then. What did he say?

We gonna die up here or what?

All men die, my friend.

But Allah says it is what we do

before we die that counts.

Jet stream's rising. I'd say

all clear for the next 48 hours.

Wick, do you copy?

Copy.

Pressure's up. You have clear skies

and light winds. Over.

How long will it last?

You're good for the next 48 hours.

What is your exact position? Over.

The rock wall, about 400 feet

above Negrotto Col.

I thought you'd be at the top by now.

Yeah, so did I. What's the status

at 26,000? How's the girl?

As far as I can tell, okay.

McLaren's serious. Internal injuries.

And Vaughn?

No word.

Keep me informed.

What is this with you and Vaughn?

You're too slow, Mr. Garrett.

You've gotta move faster.

Take your hands off me.

It's not your concern.

If it involves my sister,

it's my concern.

I made it clear.

No arguments, no questions.

Look, if you've got another agenda...

...why don't you go back?

I don't need you.

Your sister will be dead in 14 hours.

Good luck.

I've got you. I've got you.

You're as crazy as your old man.

You did the right thing

to cut the rope.

Any good climber would have.

If Royce had had the knife,

he'd have done it himself.

I just got some spindrift in my lungs.

Summit team, this is alpha team.

Do you read?

This is summit team. Come in, alpha.

This is summit team.

Annie Garrett, is that you?

It's Elliot Vaughn. Who's this?

Montgomery Wick.

- How many are you?

- Three teams, different routes.

I'm with Peter Garrett.

I thought you only climbed solo.

Rescue missions are different.

What's your location?

West ridge, 23, 000.

You'll have to climb faster.

Tell Garrett Annie has edema.

That'll speed him up.

Wick! Wick, this is Annie Garrett!

Wick! Do you read, Wick?

She needs dex.

It's too soon. She'll have to wait.

Annie.

Get it.

I told you.

I told you not to let her

give it to you.

You saddled up that pony,

now she can ride it.

Vaughn, you're not sick!

Not yet.

We hold to the schedule.

- It's the only way to stay alive.

- For you, maybe.

You know, Tom, intelligence doesn't

threaten me. Stupidity does.

You arrogant prick!

We wouldn't be here

if it wasn't for you.

You were the leader, Tom.

He's right.

None of us are gonna make it.

You want to survive?

Go and get it.

That's what I thought.

Use your ax!

Cyril!

- Cyril!

- I'm here!

I'm coming!

It's coming through!

Hang on! It's gonna be okay!

Just hang on.

That's all there is.

You see the rocks to your left?

Yeah, I can see them!

I'm gonna swing you.

Look out!

Cyril! Cyril, are you there?

Peter, are you there?

Malcolm! This is Peter!

I repeat, this is Peter.

- It wasn't us!

- Cyril, you answer me, you bastard!

Cyril!

Are you there?

Cyril!

Damn it, you answer me!

Nag, nag, nag.

They always bloody nag.

You're sick.

They could still be alive.

I'm going back.

Mr. Garrett.

Your sister has pulmonary edema.

We don't have the time.

Monique and Cyril are question marks.

Your sister is not.

Bro, I'm sorry.

We gotta go.

You gotta straighten it.

Go ahead.

It'll be fine. Just look me...

Don't bullshit me, Peter.

I'm a nurse.

Where were you going?

- What are you talking about?

- Where will you go with the money?

Anywhere!

Tell me.

Paris.

I did two years of premed.

I want to finish it.

Any career worth this?

Two years on Everest, three at K2.

I've had enough.

Skip makes the Pakistanis look

well-organized, plus he's sexist.

- How long you been sleeping with him?

- Two years, and screw...

My friend...

...I think you should turn back.

Wick, do you copy?

Wick, this is base camp. Do you copy?

Come in, base.

The nitro reacts to the sun.

Get the nitro out of the sun.

Get that goddamn pack out of the sun!

It's gonna blow!

It's gonna blow!

Get the pack in the shade!

The nitro! It's gonna blow!

Get it out of the sun!

In the shade! There it is!

Malcolm! Can you hear me?

It's not their call time!

Malcolm, do you read?!

You take the shoulder.

I'll try the ridge.

Malcolm!

Malcolm!

Kareem!

Malcolm! Kareem! Can you hear me?!

You guys! Your radio!

Turn on your radio!

Come in, Peter.

Are you listening?

Malcolm, get the nitro into the shade!

Please, Peter, repeat.

I don't understand.

Get the nitro into the shade right now

or it will blow! Do you understand?

Don't touch her.

Is this what you're looking for?

Four years ago, an American team

got blown off the mountain.

She was the guide.

What happened?

She take shelter with Vaughn?

Twenty-four, thirty-six hours.

I figure she died of edema.

If only she'd had dex.

- You're wasting time.

- You think he used it for himself?

- Answer me, damn it!

- Of course he did!

How long have you known?

At the interview,

he said the dex got swept away.

That was a lie.

She always carried it on her.

Four years, Wick?

The mountain owns him.

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